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Hair Transplants - How To Avoid Disappointment
A proper assessment of both the quality and quantity of hair required for reconstruction requires a thorough understanding of the amount and cost of work required to achieve a defined result.
A doctor must ascertain whether the patient's intended budget can realistically accommodate his needs and expectations.
Prospective patients should expect the physician to define, in writing, the expectations and the cost of the work.
Ideally, the doctor should describe his impression of the goals that were defined during the consultation and what the proposed treatment is intended to accomplish for that patient.
The doctor should also give a prospective patient the opportunity to see and speak with others who have had the procedures being offered.
This benefits both parties: it ensures that the patient's expectations are realistic and the patient is able to make an informed decision.
The well being of the patient depends upon the physician's integrity. The physician must educate and inform the prospective patient about the realities of the services being offered.
The patient should be informed of all available options, what he will experience, what the visual effect will be, and how much it will cost.
The patient should have time to carefully consider the information and have all questions answered. The patient should not rush to schedule the procedure, but rather take deliberate steps to delay the decision until the analysis is complete.
A good doctor maintains careful post-operative follow-up of his patients and ensures they return for observation.
Matching the patient's results with his or her expectations is an important part of the physician's educational obligation to the patient.
An ongoing assessment of the patient's results over time is part of the service the transplant patient should expect to receive.
Many hair restoration physicians produce brochures and/or videos to give prospective patients a clear idea of what the procedure entails, or (less helpfully) to sell them on having surgery.
NHI has produced an informative video and extensive collection of printed material, all of which are provided to prospective patients before their initial consultations.
This ensures that the patient is educated and prepared to ask questions before meeting with the doctor. The consultation visit is more valuable when the patient is more informed and can ask better questions.
When you decide that you may be interested in surgical hair restoration, it is a sound idea to plan to spend a specific block of time doing research.
Many patients take six months to one year to study the procedures available, meet with different doctors and patients, and then make informed decisions to go forward with surgery or not.
Planning to take some time in research will help you avoid the pitfalls of becoming an uninformed patient or being "sold" on a procedure before you are ready.
The Consultation
The initial interviewer should provide you with basic information about the hair transplant procedure. You should fill out a basic medical history form to determine your candidacy for having a surgical procedure.
Some assessment of your hair loss may be done at this time, but no one except a physician or a specially qualified nurse practitioner may legally perform a physical examination and render an opinion.
A more knowledgeable interviewer may try to determine if your expectations are realistic. Some salespersons or patient educators work independently in "consultation offices" that are without a physician. Be sure that you are not given the impression that the salesperson is a physician.
Also make certain that salespeople do not recommend the type of surgical procedure to be used, the number of procedures or the approximate cost of your restoration without input from a doctor.
In some offices, the initial interview is done by a person who is introduced as a "Medical Associate," but that person may be a salesman focused on determining how much money you have and on selling you the procedure.
Do not to discuss your financial status before meeting with the doctor.
When a physician is available in the office, the educator or salesman should call the doctor in to examine your scalp, determine the amount of donor hair you have, address your worst-case balding pattern, and then discuss your surgical options.
At this stage, the doctor can then review costs with you. Other physicians do the entire consultation themselves: educating the patient, taking a history, doing the physical examination, discussing the options, and reviewing cost.
See It Before You Believe It!
Ask to meet patients of the medical group you are considering. Be sure that you meet with someone who has a transplant technique similar to the one you might have. Meeting and talking with patients will enhance your confidence in your selection of a doctor.
Talk to the doctors about their experience. Look closely at the quality of the doctor's work; by seeing the results of the process you will know whether the work meets your standards. Do not go forward with any procedure until you have had all your questions answered.
This is an all-too-often shady business, so there is there is no substitute for good research. Take the time to do your homework. The rewards of a good hair transplant are well worth your effort, time, and research.
NHI often uses actual patients to educate prospective candidates. People who have undergone surgery can relate their motivations for having surgery and their experiences, as well as show their results.
For further information visit:
http://www.hairtransplantadviser.org
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